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VOCABULARY TEACHING TECHNIQUES USED BY
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHERS IN
SALATIGA
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Johnson
112009011
ENGLISH TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
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Vocabulary Teaching Techniques Used by Junior High School
English Teachers in Salatiga
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Johnson
112009011
Approved by:
Anne I. Timotius , M.Ed.
Prof. Dr. Gusti Astika, M.A.
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Vocabulary Teaching Techniques Used by Junior High School English Teachers in Salatiga
Johnson
Abstract
Vocabulary teaching techniques are very important especially for those who want to be an English teacher, because appropriate teaching techniques will make the students able to
follow the teacher’s lesson well. English teacher, in this case in junior high school levels
could consider the kinds of technique that would be suitable to be applied in their school. This study was conducted at ten junior high schools in Salatiga. This study aimed to reveal the kinds of techniques that junior high school English teachers at Salatiga used to help their students master vocabulary. It used descriptive quantitative analysis method and the subjects were thirty one English teachers from ten junior high schools in Salatiga. The data were collected through questionnaire and then classified from the most frequently used technique to the least used technique. The questionnaire result showed that there were two techniques that English teachers in Salatiga most frequently used, Picture and Simple English to Explain Vocabulary. Besides Picture and Simple English to Explain a Vocabulary there were other techniques that junior high school English teachers in Salatiga used, there were: Repetition, Translation to Indonesia, Synonym, Games, Giving Commands, Real Things, Video, Dividing a Class into Smaller Work Groups, Total Physical Response, Mime Gesture, and Students as Helper.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE ... i
APPROVAL PAGE ... ii
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT ... iii
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT ... iv
ABSTRACT ... 1
INTRODUCTION... 1
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ... 2
A. Approach, method, procedure, technique ... 2
B. Techniques to teach vocabulary ... 4
THE STUDY ... 7
A. Context of the study ... 7
B. Participants ... 7
C. Data Collection Instrument ... 7
D. Data Collection Procedure... 8
E. Data Analysis Procedure ... 8
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ... 9
CONCLUSION ... 16
REFERENCES ... 19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... 21
